Briggs & Stratton Clean Change Points small 5hp plus more

[@maykmendo1]

Brother, thank you so much for this vid. I nearly threw away two vintage briggs engines and thanks to your vid, I got them running back again. Wish you the best

[@sixtyfiveford]

That's awesome. Great work!

[@benzimmermann2197]

Super helpful, picked up a rototiller today with the same engine, no spark, looked exactly as nasty as yours, cleaned it, set the gap, beautiful spark!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

I have a few of these engines, most have magnetron ignition, but I had a winter version of one of these engines from 1979, the sno-gard. I decided to delete the points and put an electronic ignition coil on. Since its a winter engine its better off, wont have to worry about moisture from snow getting in and fouling out the points, plus I'll never have to worry about the points going bad again. It made life easier too, because I didn't have to remove that clutch or flywheel. I just snipped the one wire removed the old coil, put the new coil on, done runs like a champ.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Yeah, point free makes life easier.

[@ddutcher15]

Nice video man. Just got two vintage Briggs flatheads today. One will run but needs new tank. Other one needs points I'm thinking. That's what brought me here. Keep up the good work.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks man. These old engine are a lot of fun to tinker on.

[@sixtyfiveford]

@Paul Rockach the engine Model, Type and Code numbers are located on the large engine housing (starter recoil on the front of it). They are typically on the left hand side by the carb. A flashlight at an angle in the dark lets you see the stamped numbers.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Ebay... The nice thing about briggs is you can simply bolt on a non points coil and your good to go. No need to touch the points or remove them. There are 2 sizes of coils, one for the larger 8hp+ and a smaller one for the 2-5hp.

[@mrjohnpdudley]

Thank you! Gave me confidence and the skills to fix my workhorse of a rototiller! Also appreciated your video about how points and condensers work. Thanks again!

[@sixtyfiveford]

John Dudley You're welcome. I'm glad they helped.

[@andreo]

Going to have to try this with an old tiller that I picked up for 20 bucks. I saw it run when I bought it. The following season I had no spark. It should be a fun weekend project.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Carb would be my first check, but you've done that. Second I would check for a sticking valve.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Really? That is just awesome. Tell her thanks for watching.

[@genocide3366]

While I was at work my mom watched this video and fixed the tiller. She says thank you!

[@mustie1]

nice vid, well done, hey do you use it for moving trailers around, as I see it has a ball mount,

[@KIutch666]

great video, it helped me out with getting spark back to my motor. it runs now but only if i pour a little gas in the carb, after that gas is used up it dies. do you know what the problem is? i cleaned out the pick up lines with carb cleaner still nothing. could you possibly make a video showing me how to rebuild the carb or tell me how to solve my problem so it'll just start without me having to prime the carb. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@jasonmushersee]

Yeah the business card trick i used on the coil/flywheel for a honda 5.5 engine. Nice vid. Wish i had that tiller.

[@williamwilliams3200]

Thank you, I will get it started as is and see what happens. If need be, I will try the job weld.

[@JOEZEP54]

Another great video.I have a Craftsman EAGER 1 Mower.It has a 6 HP Tecumseh. Will start sometimes & then stall. Have to wait a couple of minutes & prime , the same. I Though it was the Carburetor cleaned it up but the same. It does the same with starter fluid. I checked the fly wheel & the key alignment looked like it was off a little. The key is not sheared but has a very slight bend hard to see. Is this enough to have a no start?

[@connorssmallengines6663]

JOE Z yes, sorry I’m late but I hate too see comments that go unanswered

[@sixtyfiveford]

@mustie1 Yes I do. I have another video here on KZbin where I move around a small trailer.

[@micronautseven]

Great video, it came off just like your video, thank you for the info!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks for watching.

[@skipwadoo]

Runs like a champ !

[@sixtyfiveford]

That's great.

[@donaldbrown3326]

+sixtyfiveford

[@sixtyfiveford]

If it does start it will not sound good. It will also rip the pull cord out of your hand when you try to start it.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Any luck finding it?

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

You mention in the beggining of the video Briggs made a 2hp and up maybe a 1.5hp. This guy I know has an old Briggs from the 50's and the engine he has its like a 1,1/4 or 1,3/4. I forget exactly but it wasnt a 1.5. It was a real odd ball hp wise and small less than 2. Are those rare? He only wanted 10 bucks for the thing, it isnt in the greatest shape, but its pretty much all their and that odd hp tag is still on it. Should I grab that the next time I see it for rarity maybe a little value to it more than the $10 he wants? I'd basically be saving it because it just sits their.... In fact come to think of it, it was like a 1, 1/8 horsepower, a real oddball and Ive never seen an engine with an hp rating like that.

[@sixtyfiveford]

It's old if it's a fractional horsepower like that. More than likely a washing machine motor. There's a little value there but more of a conversation, fun to tinker with piece.

[@doogie525]

Great video

[@sixtyfiveford]

Not always but sometimes.

[@babennewport]

great video. while i was taking the screen off that's attached to the flywheel on my 3hp it separated that spinning mechanism and the balls or bearings came out. can it be salvaged, i can't figure out how to seal the two haves. Thanks

[@sixtyfiveford]

I have a video up of how to do this style carb. Go to my videos and it is the one titled "Horizontal Briggs Carb Rebuild part 1 of 2" and 2 of2. . It is more than likely the little diaphragm on the side of the carb.

[@Madeinwem]

great video, thank you....

[@Thedaveyht3]

do I need to worry about or set top dead center when re- installing the flywheel? and I need .020 when the points are fully open or closed?

[@sixtyfiveford]

.020 open. Top Dead Center isn't required, just reinstall the flywheel on the key where ever it is.

[@500passwords]

nice work buddy . thumbs up from 500

[@boxing4life258]

sixtyfiveford hi mate i see your comment below i have a brigs n stratton trojan 2.5 i took it apart as it was running sluggish like cutting out then it did completely cut out and wouldt start so i thought a petrol problem i took carb out and i think it was the tubevwith gauze that goes from tank to carb was blocked anyway i put it back together and im not getting a spark ive cleaned the fly wheel set the magneto correctly and a new sparkplug and still no spark could it be the points or what is the problem as your comment says its not the points?? Thnks

[@sixtyfiveford]

boxing 4 life If you aren't getting spark: first check to make sure the kill wire isn't being shorted out to the engine. If that is fine then it is your points and condensor. Generally it is just dirty points though.

[@williamwilliams3200]

i broke off one of the aluminium fins on the flywheel, will that put it out of balance too much? i haven't got it all back together yet.

[@sixtyfiveford]

I've seen fins broken off but never noticed any balance issues. The nature of a single cylinder is a lot of vibration anyway. If you want, you can snap the fin off the other side to balance it, or put a glob of jb weld/epoxy where the broken fin is to add weight.

[@jeffhopkins2278]

Yeah they made a 1/2 h.p. washing machine motors. WM. WMB

[@beccam1007]

My dad wants to find a wiring diagram for points on briggs and stratton 14hp. Do you know where I can find one?

[@sixtyfiveford]

There really is no wiring diagram. You need to refer to this video for a 14hp single kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4LUmal3ataiaMU One wire goes from the points to the coil. One wire comes off the coil and touches nothing unless you want to stop the engine(kill wire)

[@sixtyfiveford]

GREAT.. $5 for a trash pump is a great deal.

[@TheMrBenShady]

Do you know what the 'model type code' is on that engine?

[@WammSon]

thank you sir.

[@sixtyfiveford]

William Williamson You're very welcome.

[@foreverwood1963]

good job

[@sixtyfiveford]

foreverwood1963 Thanks Man.

[@railroaded1991]

Would have been great more lighting, closer views, better camera angles, no arms in the way hiding what you're doing, less patter about things that don't matter.

[@ae86miami]

Good way to damage a good extension, why not get a punch set

[@sixtyfiveford]

Because it works fantastic.

[@hpmower]

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